Treatment of atrial automatic tachycardia by ablation procedures |
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Authors: | P C Gillette D G Wampler A Garson A Zinner D Ott D Cooley |
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Affiliation: | From the Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children''s Hospital, Houston, Texas. |
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Abstract: | Sixteen cases of atrial focus tachycardia are described clinically, electrophysiologically and hemodynamically. In each case multiple attempts at drug treatment (average 2.5 drugs) had failed. After delineation of the electrophysiologic mechanism, the patients were treated by surgical removal or cryoablation or catheter electroablation of the focus. In two of four patients catheter ablation was successful and without complication. Surgical treatment was successful in 13 of 14 patients. Left ventricular function, which had been abnormal in 10 patients, normalized in all but 1 patient whose echocardiographic shortening fraction improved from 10 to 27%. There have been no recurrences in a follow-up period of 6 months to 5 years (mean 2.2 years). It is recommended that any atrial automatic focus tachycardia that produces hemodynamic compromise undergo definitive treatment. Patients with chronic tachycardia rates of more than 140 beats/min should be followed up closely. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: Paul C. Gillette MD Professor and Director Pediatric Cardiology Medical University of South Carolina 171 Ashley Avenue Charleston South Carolina 29425. |
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